Fastener-inserting machine



March 31; 1931. ""F; A RUMNEY ET'AL 1,793,226

FASTENER INS ERTING MACHINE Filed Sept. 17, 1925 s Sheets-Sheet 1 V 72? 9K 74 64 16 F1g.l.

March 31, 1931. F. A. RUMNEY ET AL FASTENER INSER' IING MACHINE Filed Se t. 1'7, 1925 :5 Sheets-Sheet 2 March 31, 1931. F. A. RUMNEY ET AL.

FASTENER INSERTING MACHINE 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Sept Patented Mar. 31, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE FRED A. n'umumacn ALLSTON, ANDALBERT n-nnnsonor, ynn, uassaonusmms,

ASSIGNORS TO UNITED SHOE IvIACHIITERY, CORPORATION, OF EATER-SON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OENEW JERSEY FASTENEE-lll'fSE-RTINQ MACHIFNE Application filed September This invention relates to fastener-inserting machines and is illustratedherein as-em bodied in a machine for lnsertlng blind or shoe upper, and with its barrel'clenched between adjacent layers of the shoe up-per so thattheflange of the eyelet appears on the outside of the finished shoe. 'The term invisible eyelet, on the other hand, is applied to aneyelet having its flange lying upon the lining or facing of the shoe, and with the entering end of itsbarrelrclenched between adjacent layers of the work so that the eyelet is not visible on the exterior of the shoe, The

present invention is applicable to machines for inserting both blind and nvisible eyelets. As a matter of convenlence 1t Wlll be described herein withrelati'on to the insertion of invisible eyeletswith the understanding, h oweveig that this is done Without any 1ntention of limiting the invention thereby' United States Letters Patent No. 1,271,721,

granted July 9, 192 8,upon application of ivelier Shaw, disclose fastener-inserting 1 machine provided with an expansible setting toolcomprisinga plurality of relatively movable sections, each carrying a portion of the clenching surface of the tool. This ekpan sible tool is arrangedto receive an eyelet from the racewayof the machine and isthereafter inserted through alacing hole in one or more layers of the work, and then spread v apart bvanexpander while its clenching surface is between the layers of thew'ork'so' as to put the tool into c-lenchingcondition.

ilVith the tool thus expanded, the eyelet is z. moved lengthwise of the tool and its entering end issplit and clenched between adjacent provide an improved chine having an expansible setting tool of the type just described which will be'organized layers of the work by the expanded clenching surface. After this the expanslble tool is contracted and Withdrawn from the work.

It is an object of the present invention to fastenernnsertlng mato operatefin a manner that, at the same time,

will insure the production of high-grade from contact with the work.

17, 1925. Serial No. 56,947.

work and will lengthen the life of the expansible settingtool, as compared with that of expansible setting'tools heretofore used, by minimizingthe danger of damage to the tool, for example by foreign material, particularly chips punched from shoe stock, caught between the members of the tool and thus causing the tool to be sprung and broken.

In accordance with the foregoing, the expander provided for the purpose of spreading the 'expansible set to condition it for fastenerclenching is in the illustrated inachine, housed within a tubular punch and the punch and expander aremovedto'getherto feed the work from punching to fastenerinserting position, the punch beingmaintained in engagement with the work throughout the feeding movement and thus insuring that the hole punched in the work is brought accurately into alinement with the expansible setting tool. In order to control the relative position of the clenching surface of the expansiblesetting tool and the layers of the work when the tool isexpanded'to clench an eyelet, the illustrated machine-isprovided with an improved abutment located closely adjacent to and surrounding the punch, its position at the time of the insertion and clenching of each eyelet being controlled by a stop fixed against movement toward and from the work, but conveniently adjustable in accordance with the varying requirements of difierent kinds of stock. This abutment is held away from the work during the'feeding movement and is located at a predetermined position during the clenching operation by said" stop, thereby limiting movement of the stock as the eyelet isintroduced and during the clenching operation withoutinterfering with the proper action of the clenching tool. During the return movement of the punch, preparatory to the punching of another hole in the work, this abutment is withdrawn Further to assist in the accurate control of the stock and the expansible setting tool, movement of the latter in the direction of the stock is positively limited,-prior to the expanding of the set, and the expander is positively locked agamstmovement away fromthe set while ill) the set is brought to and maintained in expanded condition. To facilitate the introduction of the clenching tool both into the eyelet prior to the insertion of the eyelet into the work, and into the work prior to the actual clenching of the eyelet, the entering end of the expansible setting tool beyond its clenchin g surface is gradually reduced in diameter or tapered. Thus the illustrated setting tool is provided with a substantially dome-shaped end, the clenching surface being madeup by a series of facets formed upon the relatively movable members of the expansible setting tool and extending from the portion of maximum diameter in a direction away from the entering end of the setting tool.

To prevent damage to the eXpansible tool by the chips punched from the work, the illustrated expander is utilized also as a chip ejector, being spring-held so that it can yield during the punching operation and, as the locality of the punched hole passes beyond the punch block during the feed, springing forward and ejecting the chip. Still referring to the illustrated machine, the ejected chips are caught by a chip collector and conducted away by a suitable conduit so that the possibility of a chip being caught by the ex pansible setting tool and thereby damaging the tool, is eliminated.

Further to protect the eXpansible setting tool, means is provided for at least partially withdrawing the punch from the work before the setting tool is introduced. After the completion of the work-feeding movement, the punch is moved so that its punching end is located somewhat beyond the limit of movement of the expansible setting tool, preferably intermediate between the outer and inner surfaces of the layer of the work through which the eyelets are not to pass. 7

lVhile the illustrated machine, which comprises a preferred embodiment of the invention. includes all the foregoing features. it should be understood that this is not in all cases essential and that at least some of the advantages of the invention may be attained by other mechanisms. illoreoveiz in various of its aspects, the invention is not limited to fastener-inserting machine organized to insert invisible eyelets, but is of use in connection with other machines.

Vith the above and other objects and features in view, the invention will now be described in connection with the accompanylng drawings and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a machine for inserti g invisible eyelets, on'ibodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the punching and eyelet inserting instrumentalities of the machine showing, also, a portion of their operating means;

Fig. 3 is a front view, partly in section,

showing the position of the parts at the conclusion of the punching operation;

Fig. 4, is a vertical section through the punch and associated parts illustrating the ejection of chips during the feeding operation;

Fig. 5 is a front elevation, partly in section, showing the parts at the conclusion of the clenching operation;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section on a larger scale showing the position of the punching and clenching instrumcntalities at the conclusion of the clenching operation;

Figs. 7 and 8 are detail perspective views of parts of a stop mechanism which controls the position of the punch during the feeding and clenching operations;

Fig. 9 is an elevation of the expansible setting tool of the illustrative machine; and

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a chip collector which is arranged to receive the chips punched from the work.

The illustrated eyeleting machine embodythe present invention has a sliding head carrying a punch operated by toggle mechanism to punch a hole in the work and then moved horizontally to feed the work to eyelet inserting position. the eyelet which is taken from a raceway then being introduced from below and clenched in the hole formed in the work by the punch. After this the punch is withdrawn from the work and moved horizontally in the reverse direction to complete the cycle of operation of the machine. An eyelet inserting machine of this type is shown in United States Letters Patent 1.228,?69 granted June 5, 1917, upon an application of Perley R. Glass. Since machines of this type are well-known in the trade, it has not been considered necessary to make a detailed disclosure of all the mechanism of such a machine. For further details than those disclosed herein, reference may be made to said United States Letters Patent 1,228,768.

The illustrated machine. as best shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5. is provided with the usual work support 2. punch block 4. edge gage 6, and presser foot 8, as well as with a sliding head 10 guided in its reciprocating movements by a pair of rods 12 and 14. Mounted for reciprocating movement in the sliding head 10 is a punch bar 16 which is arranged for vertical movement by means of toggle mechanism 18. 20. A vertically reciprocated shaft 24 carries a hollow eyelet supporting tool 26 with a conical top 27 arranged to support the flange of an eyelet. Telescopically mounted within the supporting tool 26 is an expansible spindle and setting tool 28 arranged, as shaft- 24 is moved upwardly, to pick an eyelet from the end of a raceway 30, which is given a horizontal. reciprocating movement by link and lever mechanism 31v into and out of the path of spindle 28. A hopper 32 supplies eyelets to the raceway 30.

34, illustrated as'8 in number. These slots are closed together at their-upper -ends 36, as shown in Fig.9, except during the actual clenching operation when they are spread as in Fig.7 6. 'The upper end of the. tool,

considered as a whole, is ,of agradually tapered or dome-shaped formation, as shown at 38 (Fig.9), with a clenching surface 40 extendingifrom the portion 42 of maximum diameter in a direction away from the end of the tool. This clenching surface is made up of a group of facets '44 formed upon the members 46 into which the tool is'divided by the slots 34.

Half-way between each pair of successive slots the clenching surface is formed with a sharp ridge 48 'whichserves to split the entering end of the eyelet barrel, thus insuring a symmetrical clencln Centrally of'the end of the settingtool is an opening 50 (Fig.

2) arranged to receive the conical end 52 (Figs. 4 and 6) of an expander 54- housed within a tubular punch 56 carried by punch bar 16. At the appropriate time in the cycle of operation of the machine, the-end52 of the expander 54 enters the hole 50 in the-end of the spindle or setting tool 28, and, by relative movement of the expander 54 and'the setting tool 28, sp'ringsthe members 46' of the setting tool apart bringing the clenching surface40- into expanded clenching condition between adjacent layers of the work.

While the expansible setting'to'ol 28 is maintained in this condition, the eyelet supporting tool 26, with an'eyelet resting uponits upper end 27 and surrounding spindle 28. moves upwardly forcing the entering end of the eyelet, barrel against the expanded jclenching surface 40 and clenching-the eye let, as" illustrated in Fig. 6, betWeen ad acent layers of the workL It should be noted 'thatthe work in which invisible eyeletsare set ordinarily consists of at least three; or more layers) (theupper leather, the lin ng or facing, and'the eyelet stay), the eyelets passing through the lining or facing and the eyelet stay and being clenched beneath the upper leather, as-shown in Fig. 6. On

account of .the relatively small scale on which Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are drawn, no attempt is made to differentiate between the lining or facing and the eyelet stay in those figures, the disclosure being, 111 this respect, d1a

/ grammatic.

I In order to control the punch 56 duringthe'int'roduction and clenching of the eye- -.let, and toprevent damage to the eyelet or to the expansible setting tool 28,. means, which will now be described, is providedfor at least partially withdrawing punch 56 from the work, afterthe conclusion of the feeding of the work and before the insertion of the eyelet. For this purpose a collar 58 is secured topunch bar 16, the upper surface of this collar forming a stop co-operat- .111 with a stop 60 formed as a, lug upon a slide member 62 connected by a screw and slot. connection 64 with a slideway 66 formed ina block 68 to which toggle member 20 is pivoted. Block 68 is slidably mounted on punch bar 16, its upward moveinent being limited by a collar 70 secured thereto. A-spring 72 urges stop 60 to the left, as shown in Fig. 3. A spring 74, surrounding the upper portion ofpunch bar 16, bears at one end in a socket 76 formed in the sliding head 10 and at the other, end against a collar 7 8 secured to the punch bar 16. Spring 74 presses collar 58 against-stop 60 when the two are in alinement (as shown in Fig. 3), and when stop 60 is moved to the right (as shown in Fig. 4) .out of alinement with collar 58, lifts thepunch bar until collar 58 engages the .body portion of slide member 62. The distance which the punch.

bar 16.is thusliftedis enough to withdraw the punch 54 sufliciently to prevent it from interfering with the expansible settingtool 28 duringtlle introduction or clenching of the eyelet.

In order to disengage stop 60 fromcollar 58 at an appropriate. point in the cycle of operation of the. machine, slide member 62 is provided with an end surface 80, arranged in alinement horizontally .with an adjustable stop member 82 carried by an arm 84 (Fig. 2) secured to raceway 30, and positioned, as the raceway moves to the right after the taking of an eyelet therefrom by the spindle or expansible setting tool 28 and after the conclusion of. the feeding movement of the work but before the introduction of the expansible setting tool 28into the'hole in the work, to

I force slide member 62 to the right, thereby disengaging-collar 58 and stop 60 and permitting spring 74 to raise punch 56 a distance somewhat greater than the thickness of the layers of the work through which the eyelet barrel is to pass. Before the return: movement of the punch '56 to punching position, toggle 18,20 is broken and thereby lifts block 68and slide 62 to such. an-extent that-stop 60 can be moved back by spring 72, intovertical alinement with collar 58. so that when the toggle is again straightened stop 60land collar 58 will engageeach other and punch 56 will be forced .down through'the; work again st the surface of punch block 4.

In order to prevent-damage to;the expansible setting tool 28 by achip punchedfrom i end with a collar 88 a the work, the expander 54 is made to serve aleo as a chip ejector. For this purpose it is backed up by a rod 86 (Figs. 3 and 4) housed within punch bar 16 and provided at its upper nst which engages a s1. ing 90 also housed within punch bar 16 and hearing at its upper end against plate 92 secured to collar 78 by scews 94. Th

expander 54 yields against the compression ing 90 during the punching operation punch 56 beyond the end of punch block 4, expander snaps forward under the influence of spring 90 and e ects the chips punched fi'OllltllG work. These are caught in sage of the conical end of ejector 54.

In order to control the position of the combined chip ejector and expander 54, a lever 108 is tulcrumed at 110 2) to plate 92. A sprii 14 hearing at one end against a lug I 116 carried by plite92 and at the other end against lever 16S urges the latter in aclockwise direction, as viewed in ig. 2, and therebv tends to hold the torward end of lever 168 in engagement with the upper end of rod. 86. Carried by a stationary part of the frame of the .iachine is a hardened block 118 having a surface 120 arranged for engagement by a roll 122 journaled in lever S, and arranged, as punch bar 16 moves upwardly un- 1 dcr the influence of spring 74 when collar 58 and stop are disengaged, to lock rod 86 and Wander against upward movement. This shes place shortly hetero the end of the feet nn movement of the punch and, ot course, before the xpansihle setting tool reaches the ":ander '14. it results in an accurate positive po. I ning oi? the conical end ol ct pander 54 so as properly to position the clenching surface 44 of the expansible setting tool 28 to clench the eyelet between the la crs ot the work.

In order to position the work relatively to the expander 54 and expansible setting tool 28, the machine is provided with an alnitment illustrates at 124. provided with a circular opening arranged to receive and surrounding punch 56. Abutment 124 is provided with or carried by an arm 126 'iivoted at 128 to a collar 130 mounted for sliding movement on the lower end of punch bar 16. Screw 132 threaded into collar 130 has its entering end received in a slot or groove 133 formed in punch bar 16, this slot being of such dimensions that, except during the return movement of punch bar 16, it permits free movementot collar 130 and abutment 124. relatively to punch bar 16. A spring 134 urges collar 130 downwardly thereby controlling movement of the abutment 124 in a direction away from the work. To limit this downward movement of collar 130, the latter is provided with a pair of lugs 136 (Figs. 1. and 5) engaging the squared shank 137 and the head 138 of a stop screw 140 threaded into a sleeve 142 pivoted at 144 to sliding head 10. During the feeding movement and during the introduction and clenching of the eyelets, abutment 124 is held in its lowermost position by spring 134, lugs 136 engaging against the upper surface of head 138 of screw 140. During the feeding of the work, abutment 124 is located normally just out of engagement with the upper layer of the work, as shown in Fig. 3. lVhen the eyelet is introduced, however, the upward thrust oi the eyelet barrel urges the work upwardly into engagement with the lower surface of abutment 124 which thus limits the upward movement of the work and prevents the work from moving beyond its proper position relatively to the clenching surface of the expansible setting tool 28. During the return movement of the punch, punch bar 16 is elevated to such an extent that screw 132 bears against the bottom of slot 133. It is with the punch in this position that the machine comes to rest and when at rest abutment 124 may be swung in a clockwise direction about its pivot 128 to permit the removal and replacement of punch 56, or for any other reason. In order to hold abutment 124 alternatively in operative position or swung to the left, arm 126 houses a spring pressed plunger 146 (Fi 3) having a conical end arranged to co-opcrate with either one of a pair of conical openings 148, 150 in collar 130. It will also be observed that when the machine is at rest between operations screw 138 may be swung to the right about pivot 144 and adjusted, if necessary, to position abutment 124 in accordance with the thickness of the stoc to be operated upon.

In order to control and to adjust the. position of the expansible setting tool when the machine is being set up or when a very radical change is made in the thickness ot the work, vertically sliding shaft 24, which is reciprocated by mechanism includng a lever 152 connected thereto at 158 (Fig. 1), houses a rod 160 externally threaded at its lower end at 162 to receive a wing nut- 164 and a lock nut 165, and internally threaded at its upper end, as shown at 166, to receive a thread formed upon the lower end of the expan sible setting tool 28. A spring 168 surrounds the upper portion of rod 160 and bears at its upper end against a collar 169 (Fig. 3) formed upon rod 160, and atits lower end against a surface formed upon a sleeve 170 surrounding spring 168 and threaded into shaft 241. A set screw 17 2 threaded into the upper end of sleeve 170 bears against the eyelet supporting tool 26'and prevents its dis placement. Thus it will be seen that the supporting tool 26 is rigidly carried by shaft 24 while the expansible setting tool 28 may:

telesco e within shaft 24 a ainst the com res sion of spring 168. The expansible setting tively limited by engagement against a sta-' tionary stop 175. Thus it will be seen that the position of the clenching surface 40, when in expanding condition, is positively determined, though adjustable, While the position of the conical end 52 of theexpander 54 is also positively determined and serves as the base with respect to which the expansible setting tool 28'is adjustable. It should be un-' derstood thatonce the expansible setting tool has been properly adjusted it will not ordinarily be necessary to adjust it on account of variationsinrthe work since these variations are taken care of by the adjustment of abutment 124. o

In the operation of the machine (which comes to rest with the eXpansible settingatool 28 lowered and the punch 16 and the abut ment 124-raised, as shown in Fig.2),the work is placed upon the worksupport 2 with the position in which the first eyelet is'to be" inserted in line with the punch 56, the edge ing head 10 moves to the left, punch-56 feeding the work along the work support 2. As

punch 56 passes off the punch block 4, ejector 54 forces the chips from the punch, the chips being caught by the chip collector 96 and be- I ing carried oft through conduit 102. --At this time abutment 124: is positioned slightly above the work. During this feeding movement the raceway 301s brought into posit on so that the endmost eyelet is entered by the expansible setting tool 28, and is received by.

supporting tool 26, theraceway moving then to the rear and to the right, as viewed inFigs.

2 and 4:. After the completion of the feeding movement, and before the expansible setting tool 28 has reached the work, the surface 1 of slide 62 ishit bystop 82, as the raceway moves to the right, and stop 60 is moved tothe right out of engagement with collar 58. Thereupon, punch bar 16is liftedby springfitand punch 56 is raisedsothat its end is out of the way of the expansible setting. tool, which .now enters thehole inthe lower' layers of the work, finally coming torest when lock nut 174 engages stop 175. G011- tinued upward movement of shaft 24; causes eyelet supporting tool 26 to continue its upward movement, the entering end of the eyes let entering the hole in the lower layers of the work and coming into engagement with clenching surface 10 of eXp-ansible setting tool 28. The clenching surface 0 at this time is in expanded condition since these ting tool 28 is expanded by the conical end of 0:; iander A at the time it completes its upward movement, and upward movement of the work is limited by abutment 124i At this time upward movement of the expander. 54 is prevented because the roll 122 is in en'- gagement with the surfaceof the block eyelet barrel. against the clenching surface of the expansible setting tool 28, and causes the eyelet to be clenched between the layers of the work, as shown in Fig. 6. Then shaft 24L starts down and toggle 18, 20 is broken, ele vating the punch bar which carrieswi'th it the punch 56, expander 54, and abutment 12 1. Raceway 30 also moves to the left permitting spring 72 to move slide 62 so as to bring stop 60 into alinement with {collar 58 ready for the'neXt punching operation. At the conclusionof the clenching operation presser foot 8 is moved downwardly into engagement with the work, holdingit against inadvertent movement during return movement of the punch to punching position.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A machine for inserting barreied fasteners in a plurality of layers of material and clenching the ends of the fastener barrels between adj acent-layers of the material having, in combination, a tubular punch arranged to be introducedinto the work from one side to punch a hole in the work to receive a fastener,

a setting tool arranged to beintroduced in:

the hole from the other side of the work and having an expansible clenching. surface operative to clench the barrel of a fastener be tween layers of the work, and meansnouseal within the punch operative to expand the setting tool into fastener-clenching condi tion.

2. A machine for inserting barreled fasteners in a plurality of layers :of material and clenching the ends of the fastener barrels between adjacentlayers of the material hav ing, in combination, a tubular punch arranged to be introduced from one side of the work to punch a holetherein to receive a fastener, a plunger housed within the punch,

an expansible' setting tool arranged to be introduced from the other side of the work andprovidedwith a clenchingosurface arran ed upon the expansion of the tool to cleneh the barrel of a fastener betweenthe layers of the work, and means arranged to cause relative lengthwise movement of the plunger and the setting tool thereby expanding the tool to fastener-clenching condition.

3. An eyelet-inserting machine having, in combination, a tubular punch operable to punch a hole in which an eyelet may be set in a work piece, an expansible setting tool provided with an eyelet-clenching surface arranged when in expanded condition to clench an eyelet between adjacent layers of the work, and a plunger housed within the punch and arranged to expand the expansible tool with its clenching surface between the layers of the work.

4. An eyelet-inserting machine having, in combination, an eyelet-supporting tool, an oxpansible setting tool housed therein and provided with an eyelet-clenching surface arranged when in expanded condition to clench an eyelet between adjacent layers of material by relative movement of the two tools, a punch operable to punch a hole in the work in which an eyelet may be set, and a plunger housed within the punch and arranged to expand the expansible tool ith its clenching surface between the layers of the work.

5. An eyelet-inserting machine having a punch, means for operating the punch to cause the latter to punch an eyelet-receiving hole in the work and to feed the work, a raceway, an eyelet-supporting tool, and an expansible setting tool telescopingtherein and arranged to take an eyelet from the raceway and to guide it to eyelet-inserting position, said tools being arranged so that relative movement thereof causes the entering end of the eyelet barrel to be clenched between adjacent layers of the work.

6. An eyeletduserting machine having a racewa a punch, means for operating the punch to cause the latter to punch an eyelet.- receiving hole in the work and to feed the work, an expansible setting tool arranged to take an eyelet from the raceway and to guide it to eyelet-inserting position, and means housed within the punch arranged so that relative movement of the expansible setting tool and said means causes the expan sion of the setting tool to put it in condition to clench the entering end of an eyelet barrel between adjacent layers of the work.

7. A machine for inserting barrelcd tasteners in a plu 'ality of layers of material and clenching the ends of the fastener barrels between adjacent layers of the material having, in combination, a tubular punch arranged to punch fastenerq'eceiving holes in the work, an expansible setting tool arranged when expanded to clench the entering end of a fastener barrel between adjacent layers of the material, and a combined chip ejector and setting tool expander housed within the tubular punch.

S. A machine for inserting barreled fastoners in a plurality of layers of material and clenching the entering ends of the fastener barrels between adjacent layers of the material having, in combination, a tubular punch arranged to punch fastener-receiving holes in the work, an expansible setting tool arranged to enter the holes formed by the punch and when expanded to clench. the en tering ends of fastener barrels between adjacent layers of the material, and a combined chip ejector for said tubular punch and expander for said setting tool.

9. A fastener-inserting machine having a tubular punch arranged to form fastenerreceiving holes in the work, an expansible setting tool having a plurality of parts arranged when expanded to clench the enter ing end of a fastener barrel between the layers of the work. and an expander housed within the tubular punch provided with conical end arranged to be forced between the parts of the expansible setting tool to bring said tool into clenching condition.

10. A fastener-inserting machine having a punch, means for operating the punch to cause the latter to punch a fastener-receiving hole in the work and then to feed the work, and an expansible setting tool arranged to set a fastener in the hole thus punched in the work.

11. An eyelet-inserting machine having a punch, means for operating the punch to cause the latter to punch aneye et-inserting hole in the work and to feed the work, and an expansible setting tool arranged to guide an eyelet into the hole thus punched in the work and to clench the barrel of the eyelet between adjacent layers of the work.

12. An eyelet-inserting machine having a punch. means for operating the punch to cause the latter to punch an eyelcit-receiving hole in the work and. to feed the work. an eyelet-supporting tool, an expausible setting tool co-operating therewith, and means for operating said tools to insert an eyelet in the hole formed by the punch and to cleuch the barrel of the eyelet between adjacent layers of the work.

13. A fasten(r-inserting machin having an expansible setting tool. an expander therefor arranged so that relative movement of the expander and the setting tool will bring the clenching surface of the tool into fastmierclenching condition. and means positively to lock the expander against retracting movement uuring the introductimi of the erpausible setting tool into operative position and during the clenching of the fasteners by the expansible setting tool.

1. A fastener-inserting machine having an expansible etting tool, an expander arranged so that relative movement of the expander and the setting tool will expand the setting tool and thereby will bring its clenching surface into clenching condition. and a stationary stop arranged positively to prevent furthermovement of the settingtooi toward the expander when said tool has reached clenching condition. l

-15.-A fastener-inserting machine having an expansible setting tool, an expander arranged" so that relative movement of the expander and the setting tool will bring the clenching surface of the setting tool into fastener-clenching condition, and separate means for positively* preventing further movement of both the expansible setting tool and the expander when the clenching surface of thesetting tool has been brought into clenching condition.

18; A machine for inserting invisible eyelets having, in combination, an expansible setting tool, an'expandcr arranged so that relative movement of the tool and the expander will expand the tool into fastener clenching condition, and a locking member arranged positively to hold the expander in expanding relation to the tool from a time beginning prior to the engagement between theexpansible setting tool and the expander and 'extendingthrough the completion of the clenching in eachcycle ofopera-tion of the machine.

17.-A fastener-inserting machine having, incombinatioin'an expansible set, an expander therefor movable in the direction of feed during the feedin of the work a position in alinement with the ez-ipansible set atthe concliision of the fee ment of the work, a lever arre ited rocking movement about itsfulcrum, a connection from the lever to the expant rim and means for locking the lever position positively to hold the expander in setting tool expanding positim between the expansible and durin the clenching of a fastener.

18. A :6 having,

it.tenor-inserting mach of feed during the feeding of the wor a position in alinemcnt with the sett at the conclusion of t feedi g in. a spring tending to uue said expander towardthe work during the feeding move: .ent of the work, a rod contacting at one end with the expander, a lever contact-mgat the ot er end with said rod and inged for limited rocking movement about its fulcrum, a spring tending to rock ment with said rod, and means for loci the lever in positionto hold t pander-in setting tool expanding pct during the clenching of a fastener.

19. A fastener-insei ting machine iavin. in combination, an e ansib'le sctti j t provided with plurality of radial e::

tending lengthwise of the tool one end said lever into ensre thereof, the members being "provided with facets adj acent to the end of t set and together forming a clench 'u'g su lacegthe'ond 'of the set-beyond said g su face being of a dome shape with a centra cavity therein, a tubular puncln'and' an expander housed within the'punch and an enpansibleset, a tubular punch, a com binedchip ejector and setting tool expander housed within the punch, means for moving-- the punch transversely to feed the work'- from' punching to faste-ner-imierti-ng post" elem-means arranged to move the ejector lengthwise of the punch and operative to cause the ejector to force a chip from the punch during the fecding of the work, andmechanism unlocked during the feeding movement to permit movement of the ejector and locked after the-conclusion of the feeding movement to holdthe ejector insett-ing tool expanding" position during the clenching of the fastener.

21. A fastener-inserting machine having an 'expansible setting tool, a tubular punch, a combined chip ejector and setting tool expander housed within the punch, means "for moving the punch transversely to feedthe' Work from punching to fastener-inserting position, a spring tending to move the ejector lengthwise-of thepu'nchand operative to cause the ejector to force a chip from the punch during the feeding of the Work, and mechanism unlocked during the feeding movement to permit spring control of the ejector and locked after the-conclusion of the feeding movement to hold the ejector in setting tool expanding position-during the clenching 0f the fastener.

22. A machine for inserting eyelets and clenching the entering ends of their barrels between adjacent layers of material having, in combination, c work-punching, eyeletclenching, and work-feeding tools, a punch bar carrying said punching tool, an abutment carried by said punch bar and arranged-tolimit the movement of the Work under the thrust of the eyelets inserted, connections between-said abutment and said punch bar arranged to permit a limited amount of relative movementof the abutment and punch bar, means for controlling said abutment comprising a stop arranged to limit move-' ment of the abutment toward the work and a spring surrounding saidpunch bar and tending to urge said abutment toward said stop, a second: spring tending" to move the] punch bar away from the Work, stop mechanism arranged to prevent movement of the "'o'rmed by said. Slits named sprin punch away from the work during the feeding movement, and means operative after the work has been fed to eyelet inserting position to cause said stop mechanism to permit movement of said punch away from the work under the actuation of said second-named spring to a predetermined position prior to the insertion of each fastener.

23. A machine for inserting eyelets and clenching the entering ends of their barrels between adjacent layers of material having, in combination, work-punch, eyelet-inserting, and work-feeding means, a raceway, means for moving said raceway to supply eyelets to the eyelet-inserting means, a punch bar carrying said punching means, an abutment carried by said punch bar and arranged to limit the movement of the work under the thrust of the eyelets inserted, means for controlling said abutment comprising a spring tending to urge the abutment toward the work and a stop limiting the movement of the abutment toward the work, a connection between said abutment and said punch bar permitting a limited amount of relative movement of the abutment and punch bar, a second spring tending to move the punch bar away from the work, stop mechanism arranged to prevent movement of the punch bar away from the work during the feeding movement, and means including a member movable with the raceway and operative by the raceway movement after the work has been fed to eyeletinserting position to cause said stop mechanism to permit movement of the punching tool away from the work under the actuation of said second-named spring to a predetermined position prior to the insertion of each fastener.

24. A fastener-inserting machine having a punch bar, a punch carried thereby arranged to punch a hole in the work and feed the work to fastener-inserting position, fastener-inserting instrumentalities, an abutment carried by the punch bar and arranged for limited movement lengthwise thereof, a stop member fixed against movement toward and from the work during the operation of the machine, a connection between said stop and the abutment whereby movement of the abutment in the direction of the work is positively limited by said stop member, a spring tending to urge the abutment toward the work and limited in that tendency by said stop member, another spring tending to move the punch bar away from the work, stop mechanism arranged to prevent such movement of the punch bar away from the work during the feeding movement, and means operative at the conclusion of the feeding movement to cause said stop mechanism to permit the punch bar to have limited movement in a direction away from the work to a predetermined extent under the actuation of said last- 25. A fastener-inserting machine having a punch bar, a punch carried thereby arranged to punch a hole in the work and feed the work to fastener-inserting position, fastener-hr serting instrumentalitics, a raceway arranged to supply fasteners to said instrumentalities, an abutment carried by the punch bar and arranged for limited movement lengthwise thereof, an adjustable stop member fixed against movement toward and from the work during the operation of the machine, a connection between said stop and the abutment whereby movement of the abutment in the direction of the work is positively limited by said stop member, a spring tending to urge the abutment toward the work and limited in that tendency by said stop member, another spring tending to move the punch bar away from the work, stop mechanism arranged to prevent such movement of the punch bar away from the work during the feeding move ment, and means including a member carried by said raceway operative at the conclusion of the feeding movement to cause said stop mechanism to permit the punch bar to have limited movement in a direction away from the work to a predetermined extent under the actuation of said last-named spring.

26. Amachineforinsertingbarreled fasteners and clenching the entering ends of their barrels between adjacent layers of material having, in combination, a punch, fastener-inserting and clenching instrumentalities, an abutment arranged to control the position of the work relativelyto said instrumentalities, a raceway, means for moving the raceway into and out of engagement with one of said fastener-inserting instrumentalities to supply fasteners thereto, stop mechanism arranged to prevent movement of said punch in a direction away from the work comprising two members one of which is mounted for movement relatively to the other, and a member carried by said raceway and movable therewith arranged for contact with one of said stop members thereby to cause the stop mechanism to permit movement of the punch in a direction away from the work to a predetermined position.

A fastener-inserting machine having, in combination, a punch, instrumentalities for inserting fasteners and clenching the entering ends of their barrels between adjacent layers of material, an abutment arranged to control the position of the material relatively to said fastener-inserting instrumentalities, and stop mechanism arranged to prevent movement of the punch away from the work during the feeding of the work to fastenerinsert-ing position and to permit limited movement of the punch to a predetermined position relatively to the contacting surfaces of the layers of material between which the fasteners are clenched prior to the clenching of each fastener.

28. A fastener-inserting machine having, 1n combination, a punch, instrumentalities for inserting fasteners and clenching the entering ends of their barrels between adjacent layers of material, raceway arranged to supply fasteners to said inserting instrumentalities, an'abutment arranged to control the position of the material relatively to said fastener-inserting instrumentalities, stop mechanism arranged to prevent movement of the punch away from the work during the feeding of the work to fastener-inserting position, and a member carried by the raceway operative on the stop mechanism to cause the latter to permit limited movement of the punch to a predetermined position relatively to the contacting surfaces of the layers of material between which the fasteners are clenched prior to the clenching of each fastener.

29. A machine for inserting barreled fasteners in a plurality of layers of material and clenching the ends of the fastener barrels between adjacent layers of the material having, in combination, an expansible setting tool, a punch, operating means arranged to cause the punch to punch a fastener-receiving hole in the work and thereafter to feed the work to fastener-inserting position, means for withdrawing the punch after the work has been fed to fastener-inserting position sufficiently to prevent interference by the punch with the fastener-inserting and clenching operations, and operatingmeans for the expansible setting tool arranged to cause said tool to clench a fastener between adjacent layers of the work.

30. A machine for inserting eyelets in a plurality of layers of material and clenching the entering ends of their barrels between adjacent layers of the material having, in combination, a punch, means for operating the punch arranged to cause the latter to punch an eyelet receiving hole in the work and then to feed the work, an expansible setting tool arranged to guide an eyelet to the hole thus punched in the work and to clench the entering end of its barrel between adjacent layers of the work, and means for withdrawing the punch sufficiently to prevent interference by the punch with the introduction and clench ing of the eyelet in the work.

31. A machine for inserting eyelets in a plurality of layers of material and clenching the entering ends of their barrels between adjacent layers of the material having, in combination, a punch, means for operating the punch to cause the latter to punch an eyelet receiving hole in the work and then to feed the work, an eyelet supporting tool, an expansible setting tool co-operating therewith, means for operating said tools to insert an eyelet in the hole formed by the punch and then to clenchthe barrel of the eyelet between adjacent layers of the work, and means operated after the completion of the feeding of the work and prior to the clenching of the eyelet to withdraw the punch sufficiently to prevent interference by the punch with the clenching of the eyelet.

32. A machine for inserting eyelets in a plurality of layers of material and clenching the entering ends of their barrels between adjacent layers of the material havingin combination, a punch, means for operating the punch tocanse the latter topunch an eyelet receiving hole in the work and then to feed the work, anexpansible setting tool, an expander arranged o expand the setting tool and thereby tobring it into eyelet clenching condition, means co-operating with the setting'tool arranged to introduce an eyelet into the hole in the work and to cause the expanded setting tool to clench the entering end of the barrel of the eyelet between adjacent layers of the work, and meansoperating after the conclusion of the feeding movement of the punch and before the introduction of the eyelet for withdrawing the punchsuiiicientlyto prevent interference with the clenching of the eyelet.

33. A fastener-inserting machine having an expansible setting tool, a tubular punch, and an expander for said toolhoused within the punchand, as the work is fedtoward fastener-inserting position, first operating to eject the chips cut from the work by the punch and later locked in position to expand the expansible set.

34. A fastener-inserting machine having an expansible setting tool, a tubular punch, an expander for said toolhoused within the punch and operating as the work is fed toward fastener-inserting position first to eject the chips cut from the work by the, punch and later locked in position to expandthe expansible set, and means for moving the EX- pansible set into engagement with the expander, to expand said tool to clenching con dition.

35. A fastener-inserting machine having a punch block, a tubular punch co-operating therewith, means for movingthepunch into engagement with thepunch block to punch a fastener-receiving hole inv a work piece resting upon, the punch block, means for moving the punch along the surface of the punch blockto bringthe hole to fastenerdnserting position, an ejector arranged to forcefrom the punch the chips cut from the work by the punch, and means for inserting .a fastener in the hole formed in the work piece by the punch.

36. A fastener-inserting machine having a punch block, a tubular punch co-operating therewith, means for'movingthe punch into engagement with the punch block topunch a fastener-receiving hole in a work piece resting upon thepunch block, means for moving the punch along the surface of the punch is block to feed the work to fastener-inserting position, an ejector housed within the punch, means for moving the ejector lengthwise of the punch to force out the chips cut from the work by the punch, and means for inserting a fastener in the hole formed in the work piece by the punch.

37. A fastener-inserting machine having a punch block, a tubular punch co-operating therewith to punch a fastener-receiving hole in the work, means for moving the punch along the surface of the block to feed the work toward fastcner-inserting position, an ejector housed within the pun h, means arranged to ejector b9 eject the chips cut by the punch from the work, and a setting tool arranged to insert a fastener in the hole formed in the work by the punch and to clench its entering end upon a surface of a layer of the work.

38. A fa oer-inserting machine having a punch block, punch co-operating therewith, means for moving the punch toward the punch block to punch a fastener-receiving hole in the work, means for moving the punch along the punch block to feed the work to fastener-iuserting position. a spring-pressed ejector arranged to force the chips from the punch when the latter moves beyond the edge of the punca block, and a setting tool arranged to insert a fastener in the hole formed in the work by the punch and to clench its entering end upon a surface of a layer of the work.

89. A. fastener-insertin machine having a punch block, a tubular punch co-operating therewith, means for moving the punch toward the punch block to punch a fastenerreceiving hole in the work, means for moving the punch along the punch block to feed the work to fastener-inserting position, a spring-pressed ejector housed within the punch and arranged to force the chips from the punch when the latter moves beyond the edge of the punch block, and a setting tool arranged to insert a fastener in the hole fo med in the work by the punch.

4-0. A fastenerinserting machine having apunch block, a punch co-operating therewith to punch fasteneureceiving holes in the I and movable along the surface of the to feed the work toward fastener-inserting position, an ejector housed within the punch and arranged to eject the chips as the punch moves beyond the edge of the punch block, a chip collector adjacent to the punch block comprising a trough arranged to receive the ejected chips and to conduct them from fastener-inserting position, and means for inserting fasteners in the holes punched in the work by the punch.

41. A fastener-inserting machine having a punch arranged to punch ahole in a work piece and to feed the work piece to fastenerinserting position, chip ejector arranged to eject the chips cut from the work, a chip collector arranged to receive the ejected chips con'iprising a trough having a wall provided with an opening to permit the passage of the end of the ejector as the work is fed, and a setting tool arranged to insert a fastener in the hole formed in the work by the punch.

42. A. fastener-inserting machine having a 1011 block, a tubular punch co-operating therewith and arranged to punch a hole in a work piece and to feed the work piece to fasten 3-inscroing position, a chip ejector housed in the punch and arranged to eject the chips cutfrom the work, a chip collector adjacent to the punch block arranged to receive the eject d chips comprising a trough having a wall rovided with an opening to permit the age of the end of the ejector as the work ed, and a setting tool arranged to insert a fastener in the hole formed in the work by the punch.

A machine for operating on sheet material having a tubular punch, a chip ejector housed therein, and a chip collector arranged to receive the ejected chips and to conduct m away.

' A fastener-inserting machine having a ch arran ed to punch fastener-receiving i in. a work piece. an ejector arranged to eject chips punched from the work piece by the punch, a chip collector arranged to receive the ejected chips and to conduct them from the fastener-inserting locality, and means for inserting fasteners in the holes formed by the punch in the work.

4-5. A. machine for operating on sheet ma- ":l having a punch block, a punch co-opertherewith, an ejector arranged to eject from the punch the chips punched from the work, and a. chip collector adjacent to the punch block and arranged to receive the chips as they are ejected from the punch and to conduct them from the punching locality.

A machine for operating on sheet mater] having a punch block, a tubular punch co-operating therewith, an ejector housed therein and arranged to eject the chips punched from the work, and a chip collector adjacent to the punch block and provided with a conduit arranged to receive the ejected chips and to conduct them from the punching locality.

47. A machine for inserting invisible eyelets having, in combination, work punching and eyelet clenching tools, an abutment arranged to limit movement of the work under the thrust of the eyelets inserted, and means for controlling the punching tool comprising a spring tending to move the punching tool away from the work, stop mechanism arranged to prevent such movement of the punching tool, and means operative after the work has been fed to eyelet inserting position to cause such stop mechanism to permit said spring to move the punching tool to a predetermined position prior to the insertion of each eyelet.

48. A machine for inserting invisible eyelets having, in combination, work punching, eyelet clenching and work feeding :tools, an abutment arranged to limit movement of the work under the thrust of the eyelets inserted, means for controlling said abutment comprising a spring tending to move the abutment toward the work, a spring tending to move the punching tool away from the work, stop mechanism arranged to prevent movement of the punching tool away from the work during the feeding movement, and means operative after the work has been fed to eyelet inserting position tocause said stop mechanism to permit movement of said punching tool to a predetermined position under the actuation of said second-named spring prior to the insertion ofeach fastener.

49. A fastener-inserting machine having, in combination, fastener inserting means, work feeding means having work feeding and return movements, work-controlling means comprising a support =l'lXeCl against movement toward and from the work, an abutment movable with the work feeding means and adjustable toward and from the work, means for holding the abutment out of engagement with the work during the return movement of the work feeding means, and means carriedby said supportarranged positively to limit movement of the abutment toward the work.

50. A machine for inserting barreled fasteners in a plurality of layers of material and clenching the entering ends of the fastener barrels between adjacent layers of the material having, in combination, .a setting tool provided with a fastener-clenching surface arranged to be introduced between "the layers of material to clench the entering end of a fastener barrel between adjacent layers, an abutment member arranged to limit movement of the work under the thrust of the entering end of the fastener barrel, a spring arranged to hold the abutment member in engagement with the work during the insertion of fasteners, and an adjusting screw for the abutment member against which a portion of the abutment is held by the spring during the insertion of the fasteners arranged by rotation to vary the position at which the abutment is held relatively to the clenching surface of the tool during the clenching of the fasteners.

51. A fastener-inserting machine having work-controlling means comprising an abut-- ment, a spring urging the abutment toward the work, means for holding the abutment in engagement with the work during the insertion of each fastener and for withdrawing it from the work after the insertion of each fastener, a stop for positively limiting the movement of the abutment toward the work under the influence of saidspring, and means for varying the position of the stop thereby adjusting the position taken by the abutment under the action of the spring.

52. A fastener-inserting machine having work-controlling means comprisingan abt. ment, means for moving the abutment into and out of engagement with a work piece including a spring urging the abutment toward the work piece, a stop for positively limiting the movement of the abutment toward the work piece under the influence of the spring, and a screw rotatable to vary the position of said step and thereby to adjust the position taken by the al utment under the action of the spring.

53. A machine for inserting invisible ,e-yelets having a punch arranged to punch a hole in the work to receive an eyelet, a support fixed against movement towardand from the work, an abutment adjacent to the punch arranged to control movement of the work in the direction of ti length of the punch, a screw connected to the support and to the abutment and arranged by its rotation to vary the work controlling position of the abutment lengthwise of the punch, and means for introducing the barrel of an eyeiet in the hole formed by the punch in the work d clenching the entering end of the eyelet barrel between adjacent layers of the work.

54-. A fastener-inserting machine having a punch bar, a punch carried thereby arranged to punch a IftlStGllelfiQCSlVlllg hole in the work, a support fined against movement in the direction of the work, an abutmentmarrier mounted upon the punch bar, an abutment carried by said carrier to limit movement of the work lengthwiseof'the puncmcooperating means carried by said support and abutment carrier arranged to control movement of "the abutment in both directions lengthwise of the punchbar and :means for introducing the barrel of an eyelet in the hole formed by the punch in the work and clenching the entering end of thereyelet rrel between adjacent layers of the work.

55. A fastener-inserting machine hav'nga reciprocating bar, an abutment carrier mounted thereon, means for periodically reciprocating .the bar, once during each cycle of operation of the machine, an abutment carried by said carrier and .moved into and out of engagement with a work piece by the reciprocation of thebar, means for positively limiting movement of the abutment in the direction of the work, and means for controlling movement of the abutment in theopposite direction. I

56. A fastener-inserting machine having a reciprocating bar, an abutment carrier mounted thereon, means for periodically reciprocating the bar,once during each cycle of operation of-the machine, an abutment carried by the abutment carrier Jandmoved into and out of engagement with a worlr piece by the reciprocation of the bar, an adjustable stop arranged positively to limit the move ment of the abutment in the direction of the work, and a spring for controlling the movement of the abutment in the opposite direction.

57. A machine for inserting blind and invisible eyelets having in combination a reciproca-ting bar, an abutment carrier mounted thereon, an abutment pivoted to said abut ment carrier for movement into and out of operative position and arranged when in operative position to engage a worlr piece during the insertion of each fastener and to be withdrawn after the insertion of each fastenor, and means for holding the abutment alternatively in either operative or inoperative position.

58. A fastener-inserting machine comprising a tool carrier, a fastener inserting tool carried thereby, an abutmen pivotally connected to the tool carrier for movement rto and out of operative position and arranged to limit movement of the worl-rrelatively to the fastener inserting tool durii of each fastener, and means ror holding the abutment alternatively in either operative or inoperative position.

59. A fastener-inser machine having, in combination, a punch carrier, a punch earried thereby arranged to punch fastener-receiving holes in the work, an abutment carrier secured to the punch carrier, an abut ment pivoted to the punch carrier for movement into and out of operative position, and arranged when in operative position to position the work for the inserting of a fastener, and means for inserting a fastener in the hole formed by the punch while the work is positioned by the abutment.

60. An expansible setting tool for an ey let-inserting machine having a clenching surface comprising a plurality of facets each formed on one of a plurality of radially movable members arranged to enter from the flange end of an eyelet barrel and terminating in the plane of maximum diameter of the eyelet receiving and clenching portion of the tool, the entering end of said tool being tapered to facilitate its entrance into a fastener-receiving hole and the clenching surface thereof extending from the plane of maximum diameter of the eyelet receiving and clenching portion of the tool in a direction away from the end of the tool.

61. An expansible setting tool for a fastener-inserting machine having a clenching portion adjacent to its extreme entering end, its centering end being of less than the maximum diameter of its clenching portion, and having its clenching surface extending from the plane of maximum diameter away from the entering end.

62. An expansible setting tool comprising an elongated member with a plurality of radial slots extending lengthwise of the tool at one end thereof, the members formed by said slots being provided with facets fornn ing a clenching surface extending from the portion of maximum diameter away from tire end of the tool, and with the end of the tool beyond said clenching surface of a gradually reduced diameter.

An expansible so" g tool comprising an elongated member with a plurality of radial slots extending lengthwise of the set and closed together toward one end thereof, the members formed by said slots bring provided with facets forming a clenching surface extending from the portion of maximum diameter away from said end of the setting tool, and with the end of the tool beyond said clenching surface tapered toward its entering end.

64,. An expansible setting tool for a fas tenor-inserting machine provided with a plu- 'ality of radial slots extending lengthwise of the tool at one end thereof, the members formed by said slots being provided with facets adjacent to the end of the set and together forming a clenching surface, the end of the set beyond said clenching surf co being of a dome shape with central cavity therein. the dome-shaped end and the clenching surface intersecting at the portion of maximum diameter of the slotted end of the tool.

In testimony whereof I, the said Faun A. RUMNEY, have signed my name to this specification.

FRED A. RUMNEY. In testimony whereof I, the said Annnnr E. HUDSON, have signed my name to this specification.

ALBERT E. HUDSON. 

